BENDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bender mean? 

• BENDER (noun)
  The noun BENDER has 3 senses:

1. a tool for bending

2. revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party

3. a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter

  Familiarity information: BENDER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BENDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tool for bending

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

he used pliers as a bender

Hypernyms ("bender" is a kind of...):

tool (an implement used in the practice of a vocation)

Derivation:

bend (cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form)

bend (form a curve)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

bender; booze-up; carousal; carouse; toot

Hypernyms ("bender" is a kind of...):

revel; revelry (unrestrained merrymaking)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

bender; breaking ball; curve; curve ball

Hypernyms ("bender" is a kind of...):

delivery; pitch ((baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter)

Derivation:

bend (change direction)

 Context examples 

It also provides a snapshot of our galaxy’s history, showing that the Milky Way has had its fair share of galactic fender benders with other galaxies.

(All we are is dust in the interstellar wind, NSF)